TheSearch Committee
will be giving a short list of candidates to Dr. McMorran
later today. At the last departmental meeting they discussed a form that would
be given out to all Math majors to see how they are doing on advising. This
form should be ready soon. Alan asked Andrew to forward a copy to Mark, Julie
and Phil so they could use it as a guide to make one for their departments.

SIS

The department is looking at the fall schedule to offer some
upper level courses every year, instead of every other year. This will make a
shift in some workloads.

Julie would like SIS major concentrations to show on
transcripts. Also, the SIS department would like to have concentrations that
qualify as minors listed as minors on the transcripts. The question becomes
what to do with the concentrations that do not qualify as minors? They would
probably have to stay concentrations. Alan said that when he was checking the
minors in the catalog he found several mistakes.

Psychology Search is going well. They have already
interviewed one candidate and the next one will be interviewed on Thursday
March 27, 2008. The third candidate asked to be removed from the pool.The History Lecturer Search is going
well also, the committee has sent a short list to Zvi
and are waiting for approval to start the interviews.

BCP

The BCP department is working with local grade schools on an
Outreach Program that is designed to have college students act as mentors and
tutors in the classroom. Approximately 20 students are working at Marietta 6th
Grade Academy.They walk around in
the classroom and students with questions.There are also 8 students working with Belmont Hills
Elementary School.Phil and the
student workers went over to help teach geometric shapes. While they were there
some students asked about hybrid cars. Phil had the teacher pull up several
websites on the smart board that had very good information on this subject. The
students were very excited and they had a lot ofquestions. Mountain View Elementary had a career day and had
Phil and some SPSU students come to talk about differentcareers in the science field.Phil said we are becoming a resource
for these schools to reach out to for help in the areas of Biology, Chemistry,
Physics and Math.

Physics Lecturer search is going well. They are making a
short list to submit to Zvi. He has also agreed to a
search for a Biology Lab technician.

ETCMA

Mark Nunes is out of town this
update was given by Alan Gabrielli.

The updates on the searches are as follows:

1. Information Architecture Assistant Professor-
(Replacement for Professor Michele Shauf) An offer
has been made to Laura Palmer and she has accepted the position.

2. Media Arts Assistant Professor- A recommendation has been
sent to Zvi.

3. Professional Writing Assistant Professor- an offer has
been made to a candidate.

4. English Lecturer- No interviews yet.

2.Update on budget

Large purchases, such as equipment, computers and furniture,
will need a memo outlining the critical need for these items. This will be sent
to Zvi for his approval.Once you have the signed copy from Zvi
you may purchase the items; attach a copy of the signed memo to your order.
Day-to-day purchases, such as paperclips, paper, general office supplies, do
not need approval. Faculty travel is requires prior approval. These
restrictions only apply to state appropriated money. Lab Fee, Tech Fee, and
grant money is not affected.

3.Annual
Evaluations

Faculty-
Department Chairs should already have these packets. By the end of March the
chairs should have already looked at these packets and have completed the
individual evaluations.

Chairs – Alan
needs the Department Chairs packets as soon as possible.He will set up individual meetings with the chairs starting the
beginning ofApril.

4.End of Year
Money

We don't know yet if Governor Purdue will be asking for us
to return any of this year's budget. The senior staff are looking at budgets to
see where the money could come from if we are asked to return a percentage. If
they don't ask for money back we should have quite a bit of EOY money. Alan
would like for the departments to make wish lists now to alleviate the rush at
the end of the year to spend the funds.

5.Other

Tech Fee- There
are several questions about tech fees that need to be resolved. The turn-around
time for a proposal is very long. Most requested items are time sensitive for
certain classes. Often the department purchases what they need out of OS&E
money when it is needed for an upcoming course. Alan has raised the issues of
the flaws with the system at several meetings in the past with no answers.

Acting Dean- Alan
will be out Friday and Monday. He has appointedPhil Patterson as Acting Dean on Friday the 21st
and Julie Newell will be the Acting Dean on Monday the 24th. Alan
will also be gone to China from April 5th thru the 13th
he will appoint someone as Acting Dean before he leaves on his trip.

Storm Warnings-
Phil asked if we could have some kind of warning system that would alert us
when there is threatening weather. Phil and Julie each related issues with
recent severe weather situations, including a weekend event with visiting Boy
Scouts.

Safety Committee for
A & S- Julie would like to know when they are going to meet. Alan said
he will send out a notice.